noun:

• the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song & dance; and eating after noon) - Buddhism term ➜ 五戒

noun:

• Epistle to the Romans (book of the Bible)

noun:

• sovereignty of the people

noun:

• the person heretofore mentioned; that person

noun:

• taxi equipped with a meter (from "meter taxi") - obscure term

noun:

• formal noh performed in full costume ➜ 袴能

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)

noun:

• group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants)
• non-human - Buddhism term

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the present time; new; recent

noun:

• fish which lives close to the surface

noun:

• performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) ➜ 浄瑠璃

noun:

• iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun-yomi) ➜ 踊り字

noun:

• the whole sky; firmament

noun:

• covering for the back of the hand and wrist

noun:

• classical form of na-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the particle "ni" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

noun:

• quantity or value of goods laid in

noun:

• San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

noun:

• direct cost

noun:

• (male) otaku obsessed with (female) idols - slang - abbreviation ➜ アイドルオタク

~の noun:

• (of luggage, etc.) able to be taken into the cabin of the aircraft; carry-on

noun:

• eel kabayaki with rice ➜ かば焼き【かばやき】

noun:

• the whole world

noun:

• most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable - Sumo term

noun:

• anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide - 太宰治